Hanging Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.73488, -1.72987
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 66
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 66Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Eastbound slip road to Junction 26, M62
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Wildlife to spot
16,214 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +28
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants12 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Pointed Spear-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bifid Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss · Glittering Wood-moss +7
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
- Common Tamarisk-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +28
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants12 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Pointed Spear-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bifid Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss · Glittering Wood-moss +7
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
- Common Tamarisk-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Thuidium tamariscinum
Thuidium tamariscinum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Events & activities nearby
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